In many countries, the proportion of older people is steadily increasing. Does this trend make positive or negative effects to society?

At the moment, more and more many older
people
in our world. Somebody think
that is
a good thing. They believe
old
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man help them to many
thing
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.
This
is true.
Senile
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person
have
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some benefit, but negative effects
is
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more than positive to
world
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the world
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. Old
people
really have some advantage.
First
of all, they can teach
young
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person to answer difficult questions
in
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work, because there is
experience
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an experience
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very much.
Secondly
,
this
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people
also
can keep an eye on their baby when they
not
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do not
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stay at home. Aged
people
more than half not go to work. So they have lots of free time to do a lot of housework. Even if
senile
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a senile
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person
have
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lots of
gain
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,
harm
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the harm
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is more. Above all,
economy
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the economy
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of their family is bad luck. They are without income
,
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but need money to exist.
This
is
burden
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the burden
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in
household
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the household
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. There are many aged
people
lead
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to Short of manpower
to
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society
,
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because they
not
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do not
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have
workforce
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a workforce
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. As far as
country
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the country
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is concerned,
that is
load
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too. Countries bear their welfare state,
therefore
pay lots of money to look after them. In a word, so much older
people
are
bad
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a bad
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matter for
world
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the world
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. That
have
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more disadvantage than merit.
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